Lawn-mower.



citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brook- FIGE.

JOHN A. swENsoN, or NEW YORK, NY.

LAWN-MOWER.

,No. 847,213. I

To all whont it may concern/:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. SwENsoiv, a

lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved I Lawn-Mower, of which the following is a full,

- ping around the such aposition that they will cut tothe surclear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a lawn mower or i clipper which while cap able when constructed of strong enough materialsv of being'employed for the ordinary operation of mowing lawns is especially designed for use in clipedges and in places inaccessible by ordinary lawn-mowers.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide for locating the cutting-knives in faces of fences,'trees, and other obstructions and to provide means whereby the cuttingknives can be readily manipulated by hand.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this" specification, in which similar characterso'f refer ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. v Figure 1 is a plan of an'instrument con structed in accordance with the principle 'Of' my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe cutting end ofthe implement, showing the is a sectional view on theline 4 4 of .Fig. 1.

While, as I have said, theiprinciple can be carried out in a structure ih 'whi'ch the device is mounted on wheelswhich pass over the ground and operatethe cutting members, I prefer to construct'it in such a manner that the cutting members'w ill be readily'operable by hand, and I have chosen this form of the invention for illustrating purposes. In this form the device is constructed with a frame 10, this frame having" a tongue 11 projecting to the front, and on the under side of this tongue are located bearings 12 for a roller 13,

which is adapted to rest on the ground and support this end of the device. On this tongue is mounted a stationary plate 14,

provided-with cutting-teeth and constituting part of the cutter, although it will be obvious that any other form of cutting-blade can be employed. Located over this blade is'another cutter 15, designed to slide over the surface of the first-mentioned cutting-blade and perform the cutting operation in an obvious manner. The latter blade is mounted Patented March 12, 1907.

on a lever 16, which passe's'through a guide- 17 on the tongue lland also passes through a perforation 18 in said tongue, soas to .extend below it. It is pivoted on the frame 10 by means ofa bol t, stud, "or the like 19 and is bent outwardly to form .anarm20, which is provided with a stud 21', carrying a; roller 21*, designed to operate in'a' cam-groove 22 in a rotatable or oscillatory disk 28. I It will be obvious that with; the grobve 22 formed in the manner shown or in any other-way, so. as to move the arm 20When the diskrotates or. oscillates, such" movement of the disk will result in moving the cutter 15 across the blade14 and perform the cutting operation. In order to hold the arm 20 in proper position on the-disk, a'guard plate 24, mounted on the frame 10,'is employed. The frame is also, providedjwith a guiding-strap 25, passing overthe disk and constituting a loop, through which pass a pairv of handles 26.. These handles, are pivoted on the frame by means of bolts '27 'ior the like and extend to a point near or below that at which the lever is pivoted to the frame. 'Each one of these. arms is .pivot'ally connected with a link 28, these links beingpivoted to a double crank 23*, attached to'jt'hedisk 233% the center thereof, -so' as'to provide'fo r rotating or oscillating the disk by; rocking the handles back and forth. EPIt lwill of course be under-' stood that when-the diskis simply oscillated some parts of the groove 22, as shown, are not employed; but when it is rotated a complete revolution. it,1s necessary to'have the groove extend entirely around the disk, this being the feature of the design.

It will be observed that when the machine is constructed in accordance with the oiple set forth above, whether in the orm shown or not, the cutting operation can be readily performed in the most simple manner and all otherwise-inaccessible parts of a lawn can be reached and clipped by the de-' vice without necessitat' on the part of the operator.

Inpraetice if the device is of large size a continuous rotation will be imparted to the disk 23,, but in operatingthe smaller sizes the disk will simply oscillate.

. Having thus described my invention, I claim t 1. In a lawn-clipping. device, the combinationof a frame, a lever pivotally mounted rin- ng any severe labor the frame and having a carmgroove for re eeiving the stud, a pair of handles pivoted to the frame, and means whereby the rocking of ghekhandles on their pivots will turn the 1s i v v 3. In a lawncliplping device the combination of'a frame, a ever pivotallysupported thereby, a cutting-blade connected with said lever,a rotatable elementfor oscillating said lever, a pair of handles pivotally mounted on said frame, and means for connecting said handles with said rotatable element for turning said element wherr the handles are turned ori theirpivots.

4. A lawn-clipping device. comprising a frame having a perforation, a blade mounted on said. frame, a roller, 'jour'naled on the lower side i saidrrame below theblarle, for supporting theffranie on the ground, a lever pivotally-fnounted on the frame and extending througliisaid perforation, a blade mounted on said lever and located adjacent to the first-named blade, a disk journaled on the frame and having a cam-groove formanipw lating said lever, a guard on. saidsframe sur rounding the disk, a pair of handles extending through said guard and guided thereby, said handles being pivotally mounted on said frame, and a pair of links, one 'pivota'lly-con' nected with each handle and'each pivotally connected with the disk at opposite sides of" i the center thereof, said handles-being located on opposite sides of the center of the disk.

In testimony whereof I have signed my iii) name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v i

A. SWENSON.

- JOHN VVit-nesses:

F. D. AMMEN, JNo. M. RITTER. 

